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That 'big project' I've been banging on about for a few years now....

Started by James Harrison, January 31, 2020, 08:06:41 PM

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Another couple of square feet of flooring exposed and sanded down.  In the words of one of our supermarket chains, 'every little helps'.

In a very real sense this is about as far as I can go with the floor without having to move heavy furniture around.  And, naturally, I want to do as little of that as I can get away with.  So when I've finished cleaning down the last bit of skirting board I can reasonably reach, I'm going to shift focus toward re-papering the back wall and staining some trim. 

In fact, I think I need to be getting that back wall about as close to completion as I can reasonably get it, and then move the furniture around and start again on the next wall along. 

The issue I'm finding I've got to grapple with is that unlike the downstairs rooms, which I could just empty out and get on with the job, the upstairs rooms I have to try and work on whilst keeping them habitable.  And that makes the whole thing take several times longer and require a lot more thought and effort. 
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